Jannik Sinner Servebot is a Problem for the Rest of the Tour
Jannik Sinner lifted the BNP Paribas Open trophy on Sunday after dismantling Daniil Medvedev 7-6 7-6 in a final that,…
Jack Beatnik
I'm a longtime sports fan and writer who spent most of his time writing about tennis. I've been doing this for over 5 years and it's been a blast. I mostly enjoy writing longer pieces which allow me to ruminate on all things tennis. Besides tennis I'm also very interested in basketball and football or as some call it soccer.
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Give Venus Williams Her Flowers, Just Not a Wild Card
Venus Williams is one of the greatest tennis players who has ever lived. That is not a preamble to soften…
Alexandra Eala: The Wild Card Who Refused to Disappear
Twelve months ago, Alexandra Eala arrived in Miami as an afterthought. A wildcard. Ranked outside the top 100, unknown to…
Women’s Tennis Is the Predator’s Playground
Pam Shriver was nine years old when she first walked onto a court with Don Candy. He was 40. He…
The Shadow of 41: Carlos Alcaraz’s Loss That Changes Nothing
There is a number that haunts every great start to a tennis season. Forty-one. That is how many matches Novak…
Is Aryna Sabalenka vs Elena Rybakina the World Number 1 against the Best Player in the World?
Tomorrow at Indian Wells, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will play each other for the sixteenth time. The tour’s two…
March 14, 2026
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Pickleball is Slowly Strangling Tennis
Every March, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden unfurls its banners, fires up the Instagram account, and invites the world to…
Is the WTA asking too much of its players?
For just the second time in her career, Coco Gauff was unable to complete a WTA match. She was trailing…
Carlos Alcaraz And The Price of Being the Standard
There is a specific problem that comes with being so good that your opponents play the best tennis of their…
Novak Djokovic: The Machine That Won’t Switch Off
Wednesday night in Indian Wells, Novak Djokovic plays Jack Draper. On paper, it is a fourth-round match at a Masters…
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